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Update:
Reese Havens goes 3-4 with an opposite field HR today. He lead off the 9th inning with a single, and eventually scored the game winning run. His season totals now stand at .368/.478/.658/1.136 in 38 AB’s.
Original post:
Reese Havens continues his hot hitting, falling a homerun short of the cycle Wednesday, leading Surprise to a 11-9 win over Peoria. Havens is currently riding a 6-game hitting streak, where he is hitting, .391 (9-23) with 2 doubles, a triple, and a homerun. He has raised his AFL totals to .324/.439/.559/.998.
Havens tells Robert Emrich, in a MLB.com report, that he has tried to stick to his routine and to continue to work.
As Toby reported, Havens is on the taxi squad, meaning he plays games only on Wed and Sat. Thats a tough thing to do, but Havens has seemed to get comfortable as the season moves along.
Also, in an ESPN.com chat, Baseball America’s Jim Callis took my question concerning Havens and Ike Davis.
Mike (MO):2011 Mets INF…..Wright, Reyes, Havens, Davis… Am i crazy or is that realistic?
Jim Callis(2:46 PM):Realistic.
Havens is known for his grittiness and hard work, but he also has the talent to back that up. That is a great foundation to build on. Staying healthy for a full season is the next obstacle for Havens to hurdle.
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wow, great insight from Callis!
He doesn’t even try to validate the answer in the slightest, showing it is a complete throw away response that he doesn’t care to know anything about.
Thanks for asking the questions anyway…
Havens homered again today.
nice to see him turning it on. He has shown plate discipline and OBP (and soem power) all along, so good basic stuff.
Now maybe he can stay 100% healthy and tear up AA out the shoot next year, and he could be on the Wright path, especially if the Mets cant unload Slappy (bad) and he gets hurt mid-season.
Hopefully he works on the 2B aspects of the game in the off season. No idea how long in the minors it will take to at least make him ML adequate over there. It did take Utley a little bit of time.
…why is he playing on a Thursday?
nice that he gets to keep up his hot hitting, but I thought he was only allowed to play on Wed and Sun.
I would think that since there is no Sat game, he was allowed to play his 2nd game of the week.